Rick Ware Named to West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame Class of 2025

Rick Ware Named to West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame Class of 2025

Induction Set for March 13 in Las Vegas as Part of NASCAR Race Weekend and Includes AJ Allmendinger, Chuck Gurney, Davey Hamilton, Jeff Jefferson, Justin Marks and Boris Said

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Dec. 9, 2024) – A diverse motorsports career that began more than 40 years ago and continues to this day has earned racing team owner and Los Angeles native Rick Ware a place in the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame Class of 2025.

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Trans Am Series Introduces TA Cup Class for 2025

Trans Am Series Introduces TA Cup Class for 2025

The Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli has announced a new racing class for the 2025 season. Named TA Cup, the class will utilize high-performance spec tube-frame vehicles with silhouette bodies, which will be eligible for competition in the Western Championship, as well as in the National Championship under the Pick 6 Challenge. The machines are produced by Chris Evans Inc. (CEI), owned by two-time Western Championship title winner Chris Evans. (more…)

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Lime Rock Park Schedule Expands to Eight Events in 2025

Lime Rock Park Schedule Expands to Eight Events in 2025

LAKEVILLE, CONN. (1 November 2024)- Building on an outstanding 2024 season, Lime Rock Park is set to welcome fans back for an even bigger year of motorsport action in 2025.

Lime Rock Park will expand its offerings in 2025, increasing from six to eight event weekends. The iconic Connecticut venue will showcase a mix of returning favorites and exciting new events, along with a full lineup of community gatherings, autocross lapping days on the FCP Euro Proving Grounds, Sunday at The Park car shows, and numerous car club races. (more…)

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Silver Hare Racing: Jake Drew, Boris Said Jr., Vincent Apple Head to COTA Finale

Silver Hare Racing: Jake Drew, Boris Said Jr., Vincent Apple Head to COTA Finale

Jake Drew Looks To Lock Down Rookie, Young Guns Championships, Joined by Boris Said Jr., TA2 Series Newcomer Vincent Apple

HIGH POINT, N.C. (Oct. 31, 2024) – A pair of season-long championships are on the line in the Silver Hare Racing camp as it heads to the 2024 Cube 3 Architecture TA2 Series finale Sunday at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas.

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TeamSLR: Barry Boes, Carson Kvapil, Tristan McKee, Evan Slater Spark High-Energy COTA Finale Lineup

TeamSLR: Barry Boes, Carson Kvapil, Tristan McKee, Evan Slater Spark High-Energy COTA Finale Lineup

With Pro-Am Title Clinched, Barry Boes Eyes Top Overall Result Joined by Teens Tristan McKee and Evan Slater, 21-Year-Old Carson Kvapil, for TA2 Season Finale

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (Oct. 31, 2024) – With one title already in the bag, a quartet of TeamSLR M1 Racecars competitors are ready to hit the majestic Circuit of the Americas road course in Austin, Texas, to close out the 2024 Cube 3 Architecture TA2 Series season during Sunday’s COTA SpeedTour event.

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Silver Hare Racing: Jake Drew, Boris Said Jr., Connor Zilisch Pack 1-2-3 Punch at VIR

Silver Hare Racing: Jake Drew, Boris Said Jr., Connor Zilisch Pack 1-2-3 Punch at VIR

HIGH POINT, N.C. (Oct. 2, 2024) – There’s no place like home, as the saying goes, and when it comes to Cube 3 Architecture TA2 Series racing at Virginia International Raceway (VIR) in Alton, no one embraces that sentiment better than Silver Hare Racing.

The High Point, North Carolina-based team heads to the picturesque 3.27-mile, 17-turn road course ready to defend its dominating 2023 VIR SpeedTour victory with a three-car entry featuring 2024 fulltime drivers Jake Drew and Boris Said Jr. They’ll be joined for the first time since February by a familiar face, Connor Zilisch, who qualified on the pole and led every race lap on his way to winning this event a year ago this weekend, then repeated that feat for Silver Hare in this year’s season opener at Sebring (Fla.) International Raceway before embarking on a head-turning mixed bag of NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, ARCA Menards Series and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Challenge races.

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TeamSLR: Barry Boes, Julian DaCosta, Thomas Ellis, Tristan McKee Lead Four-Car VIR Assault

TeamSLR: Barry Boes, Julian DaCosta, Thomas Ellis, Tristan McKee Lead Four-Car VIR Assault

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (Oct. 2, 2024) – Storylines abound throughout the four-car TeamSLR stable as it heads to the penultimate Cube 3 Architecture TA2 Series round of the season at Virginia International Raceway in Alton for Sunday’s VIR SpeedTour.

Its 2024 fulltime driver Barry Boes arrives at the 3.27-mile, 17-turn circuit on the Virginia-North Carolina state line with a seemingly insurmountable lead in the Pro-Am Challenge standings with an eye on clinching the title with another strong result this weekend. Joining him in the TeamSLR camp are teenage rising stars Julian DaCosta and Tristan McKee, and veteran driver Thomas Ellis, who will be making his fourth TA2 appearance of the season.

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Promising Talent Annunziata Aspires New Chapter with Burtin Racing in Top Trans Am Class

Promising Talent Annunziata Aspires New Chapter with Burtin Racing in Top Trans Am Class
Alton, VIRGINIA – October 1, 2024 – The Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli heads to Virginia International Raceway where Burtin Racing partners with Thomas Annunziata to debut his first TA1 class race with the Series in the No. 17 Criswell Chevrolet / Castrol Chevrolet Camaro. The SpeedTour event is slated for October 3 – 6 as the 2024 season is winding down to a close.
Annunziata steps into the Burtin Racing seat formerly piloted by Adam Andretti who successfully scored a race win at the team’s home track at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta and a podium finish at Lime Rock Park. Although the program had multiple mechanical ailments throughout the season, Andretti delivered solid driving and promotion for the team despite the back luck.

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Austin Green Capitalizes on First NASCAR Opportunity

Austin Green Capitalizes on First NASCAR Opportunity

By Dustin Albino

The Green family lineage runs deep in NASCAR. Both David Green and Jeff Green are Xfinity Series champions. Now, it’s Austin Green, David’s son, who’s carrying on the familial tradition.

Austin has been racing since he was 4 years old. He began racing go karts before transitioning to bandoleros and legend cars, running races like the Summer Shootout at the Charlotte Motor Speedway quarter mile. He was inspired by his father and uncles to chase the same dream. (more…)

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Workmanlike Day for TeamSLR at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park

Workmanlike Day for TeamSLR  at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park

Barry Boes scored his sixth Pro-Am Challenge-class victory in 10 races this season and fourth in the last five races. He entered the weekend with a 102-point lead in the championship within a championship.

The 16-year-old Julian DaCosta’s eighth-place finish was his second top-10 in as many TA2 Series starts this season. He made his series debut with a 10th-place finish April 14 at NOLA Motorsports Park in Avondale, Louisiana. (more…)

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TeamSLR: Barry Boes, Julian DaCosta Set for Canadian Tire Motorsport Park

TeamSLR: Barry Boes, Julian DaCosta Set for Canadian Tire Motorsport Park

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (Aug. 28, 2024) – Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, which began its life as an iconic road-racing circuit known as Mosport Park, plays host to its first Trans Am Series Presented by Pirelli headline event since 2014 this weekend, and TeamSLR and its M1 Racecars equipment are ready for the challenge with drivers Barry Boes, the TA2 Pro-Am Challenge-class frontrunner, and 16-year-old Julian DaCosta, who will be making his second career TA2 start.

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Silver Hare Racing: Jake Drew, Boris Said Jr. Head North of the Border

Silver Hare Racing: Jake Drew, Boris Said Jr. Head North of the Border

HIGH POINT, N.C. (Aug. 27, 2024) – After having to wait eight weeks between rounds eight and nine of the 2024 Cube 3 Architecture TA2 Series, the Silver Hare Racing team and its driver duo of Jake Drew and Boris Said Jr. welcome the much more agreeable turnaround of just eight days between last Friday’s round nine at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International and this Saturday’s round 10 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario.

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